| Abstract: | As an example of the extension of the Rayleigh-Ritz method to response calculations, analysis is outlined for a damped rectangular plate. For harmonic excitation amplitudes of displacement and bending moment are compared with values from a modal solution from the plate equation. In general, the Rayleigh-Ritz method predicts displacements of acceptable accuracy, but for a given number of terms accuracy is less for response calculations than for the determination of comparable eigenvalues. Bending moments may converge slowly to the true values, as the number of terms in the assumed series is increased. |
